I Never Liked You (song)
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| Single by Rogue Traders | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Better in the Dark | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Shout Out" | |||||||||||||
| Released | 14 January 2008 (Australia) | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, dance-pop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:29 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Columbia | |||||||||||||
| Songwriter(s) | James Ash, Melinda Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Timothy Henwood | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | James Ash | |||||||||||||
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"I Never Liked You" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian band Rogue Traders. The song was written by James Ash, Melinda Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Timothy Henwood, and produced by Ash for the band's third studio album Better in the Dark (2007). The song's lyrics were written as a reaction "to endless love songs on [the] radio".
The song was released as the album's second single in Australia on 14 January 2008. It has reached number nine on the Australian singles chart, and has become the band's sixth top ten single.
According to lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "I Never Liked You" began as a song about Cinderella, but "that didn't go anywhere!". James Ash has described the song as a "reaction to endless love songs on [the] radio" and said that he "wanted to [do] something opposite. I like to think of it as the Anti-Breakup song!"
"I Never Liked You" was released as a CD single and digital download in Australia. The CD single included "Shout Out", a previously unreleased song, and both formats featured a remix of "Watching You" by Chris Lake. In November 2007, the band performed the song during the Australian Idol 2007 grand finale at the Sydney Opera House. James Ash has described the performance as their "best TV moment".
"I Never Liked You" debuted on the Australian singles chart on 27 January 2008 at number eleven. The following week, the song rose two positions to #9, already a bigger hit than "Don't You Wanna Feel" in its 2nd week. In its third week fell out of the ARIA top ten to number eleven. It stayed within the top fifty for a further twelve weeks before dropping off the charts.
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